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Who is Jane Aadams
She is recognized throughout the world as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist and an internationalist. She believed women should make their voices should be heard in legislation and should have right to vote.
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What is the Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws were racial segregation laws between 1876 and 1965 in the US at the state and local level. They mandated segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former confederacy.
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What is the 19th Amendment
This prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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What is Treaty of Fort Laramie
This was an agreement between the US and various bands of Lake Sioux, Yanktonia Sioux, Santee Sioux and Arapaho which ended Red Cloud's war and established the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation and protected Sioux hunting grounds and sacred Black
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What is Social Darwinism
This term refers to the argument that the strong should see their wealth and power increase and the weak should see theirs decrease.
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Who is Florence Kelly
She was an American social and political reformer. She worked against sweat shops and was for minimum wage, 8 hour hour work days and children's rights.
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What is Chinese Exclusion Act
This was signed by President Chester Arthur which prohibited all immigration of Chinese labor eras and was the most significant restriction on free immigration in US history.
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What is the 18th Amendment
This banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
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What is The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
This is a novel written by Sinclair to portray lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities. He exposed health violations and unsanitary practices in meat packing industry.
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What is Square Deal
This was Roosevelt's domestic program for 3 ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. It helped middle class citizens.
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Who is Sitting Bull
Holy man who led his tribe during years of resistance to the US government policies.
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What is Pendleton Civil Act
This is a federal law established in 1883 that stipulated government jobs should be awarded based on merit, and provided the selection of government employees by competitive exams.
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What is the 17th Amendment
This provides for the election of 2 US senators from each state by popular vote for a term of 6 years.
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What is Muckraking
This refers to reform minded journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting.
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Who is Boss Tweed
Known as the boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a role in politics in the 19th century NY city and state.
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What is Homestead Act of 1862
This Act granted adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a small filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land.
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What is Pure Food and Drug Act
This was the first of many significant consumer protection laws meant to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterer or mislabeled food and drug products and required products to be inspected.
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What is Battle of Little Big Horn
This was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakato, Northern Cheyenne and Arapho tribes against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the US army. Most prominent action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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What is Temperance
This is the abstinence from alcoholic drink.
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Who is the Department of Commerce and Labor
This was a short lived cabinet department of the US government during Theodore Roosevelt's time focused on controlling the excesses of big business.
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What is Sherman Trust Act
This prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts.
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What is Meat Inspection Act
This is a US Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or miss ranked meat and meat products from being sold and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
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What is Battle of Wounded Knee
This took place on December 29 1890, near Wounded Knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakato. 200 Native Americans were massacred by US troops.
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What is Suffrage
This is the right to vote in political elections.
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